| >
| > There's lots of people who could make a custom plane. Pretty much
| > anybody who could build a plane without a kit or plans could probably
| > work something out.
|
| Is there a website you could point me to or something? I'm not sure how to
| find these people.
I'm not aware of many people who make a business out of building
planes from scratch for others.
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is pretty
close, but it doesn't look like he creates custom planes.
| I'd be willing to spend around four or five hundred bucks. Maybe more if
| they can get it to look more like the one in the show
This guy has probably done a better job --
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Looking at his first picture, it would basically have to be a flying
wing with extras. Unfortunately, the extras are in back which will
screw up the center of gravity badly. They'd have to be VERY light.
The round thing on the back has some bits inside that would function
as a tail, though it doesn't really look big enough. And if you tried
to put an engine in there, you'd have to put so much weight up front
that it probably wouldn't fly.
The best bet would probably be to go for a slope glider with no
engine, and make the tail be totally non functional, so it can be as
light as possible. But I don't think that's what you're after.
It would be very challenging to make this fly
_and_ look like the
original, especially with an engine mounted in the back. If you put
an engine up front somewhere, that would be easier, but would look far
less like the original.
| > If it's a small foam model it could be done more quickly, but it'll
| > still take a while.
|
| I was thinking it would have to be done out of foam actually.
| Didn't know there were other materials custom jobs like this could
| be done with. I know wood for standard planes but this is a bit
| different shape than the average plane.
People do buy boxes of balsa and cut their own ribs and make their own
planes from scratch. It could be done here, though foam would
probably make a lot more sense.
Still, I don't see how anybody could do a good job on this and charge
only $500 for a finished plane.
| So if I put the motor in the back I just have to add some weight to the
| front to balance it out? I can do that.
You'd have to add a lot of weight up front.
It would be a lot easier to make a model of this that flew backwards :)
| Maybe adding some fins to the back would help stabilize it some. I can deal
| with some minor changes but nothing too much. I want it to be as close to
| the original as possible.
Maybe you could get this guy to build it for you --
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as some of the challenges would be similar. And the end result would
probably be similar as well -- with a motor up front :)